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A1 Dutch listening practice · Dutch · Curated for beginners

Common Dutch phrase, spotted in 3 other videos

What does "natuurlijk niet" mean in Dutch?

It's a Dutch negation pattern. A Dutch denial-with-superiority — "of course not" — refusing while flagging the question as silly.

“"Ik ben sorry" is natuurlijk niet correct.”
Hear "natuurlijk niet" in 3 other Dutch videos:
Learn more about "natuurlijk niet" in Dutch
About this clip

A 20s video in Dutch at A1 level, suitable for beginners. The speech is at a natural pace around 175 words per minute, rated 2.4/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • ▸Language Learning - Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and real conversation practice.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this A1 Dutch listening practice listening practice?

91.9%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Dutch words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday Dutch.

General Dutch frequency

83.8%
Top 1,000
91.9%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Spoken Dutch frequency

94.3%
Top 1,000
94.3%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000

Words above this video’s level

Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s A1 level.

apologize
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
to express regret
how
1×
Top 5,000
in what manner
dutch
1×
Top 5,000
related to the Netherlands
correct
1×
Top 5,000Common in speech
free from error
spijt
3×
Top 2,000Common in speech
regret
het spijt me
1×
I apologize or I'm sorry

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · SUBTLEX-NL 2014 (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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